Secunia Security Advisory - ajann has discovered a vulnerability in LushiNews, which can be exploited by malicious people to conduct SQL injection attacks.
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TITLE:
LushiNews "id" SQL Injection Vulnerability
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA24081
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/24081/
CRITICAL:
Moderately critical
IMPACT:
Manipulation of data, Exposure of sensitive information
WHERE:
>From remote
SOFTWARE:
LushiNews 1.x
http://secunia.com/product/13447/
DESCRIPTION:
ajann has discovered a vulnerability in LushiNews, which can be
exploited by malicious people to conduct SQL injection attacks.
Input passed to the "id" parameter in comments.php is not properly
sanitised before being used in SQL queries. This can be exploited to
manipulate SQL queries by injecting arbitrary SQL code.
Successful exploitation allows e.g. retrieving administrator
usernames, passwords and e-mail addresses.
The vulnerability is confirmed in version 1.1. Other versions may
also be affected.
SOLUTION:
Edit the source code to ensure that input is properly sanitised.
PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
ajann
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://milw0rm.com/exploits/3287
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